Reality Quotes

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  Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

  Philip K. Dick

  Atheist, Real, Believe

  Valis ch. 5 (1981). Originally appeared in a 1978 lecture by Dick entitled "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart in Two Days." See Paktor 1

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• Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

  Alex Haley

  Success, Alex, Abundance

  "My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget : A Collection of Quotations". Book by Dorothy Winbush Riley, 1993.

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• Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.

  Gary Zukav

  Believe, Thinking, Perception

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  Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.60, Lulu.com

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  A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

  Colin Powell

  Motivational, Dream, Determination

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• Life is one big road with lots of signs,
  So when you riding through the ruts,
  Don't you complicate your mind
  Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy
  Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Song: 'Wake Up and Live!'". 1979.

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• Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

  Denis Waitley

  Motivational, Change, Stay Strong

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• Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

  Democritus

  Motivational, Philosophy, Science

  Diogenes Laertius, vol.9.

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• How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Dog, Honesty, Humor

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• Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Real, Believe, Yesterday

  Luigi Pirandello, John Linstrum, Joseph Farrell (2004). “Six characters in search of an author”, A&C Black

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• Few people have the imagination for reality.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspiration, People, Imagination

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• Reality is a question of perspective.

  Salman Rushdie

  Perspective

  Salman Rushdie (2010). “Midnight's Children”, p.229, Random House

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  Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Love, Life, World

  Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, Amy Mandelker (2010). “War and Peace”, p.355, Oxford University Press

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• There is no reality except the one contained within us.

  Hermann Hesse

  Philosophy, Unreal, Demian

  Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse (1971). “Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse”

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  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Life, Change, Spiritual

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  People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

  Albert Einstein

  Witty, Attitude, Freedom

  "Disturbing the Universe" by Freeman Dyson, Ch. 17, (p. 193), 1979.

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• Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.

  Thomas Sowell

  Liberty, Littles, Too Much

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• Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Change, Eye, Opportunity

  Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). “Report to Greco”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Witty, Fear

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• Everything you can imagine is real.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Meaningful, Art

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• There are no facts, only interpretations.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Encouraging, Witty, Truth

  Notebooks, Summer 1886 - Fall 1887.

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• It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

  Rick Riordan

  Life, Humanity, Mind

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

  T. S. Eliot

  Kindness, Atheism, Politics

  Four Quartets "Burnt Norton" pt. 1 (1936)

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• May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Wise, Dream, Past

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• Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

  Byron Katie

  Appreciation, Fun, Positivity

  "Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life". Book by Byron Katie, 2002.

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